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BA (Hons) Live Events Production

Study Level: Undergraduate Duration: 3 Years Full-TimeUCAS Code: N821Start Date: October 2025Validated by University of Greater Manchester
Updated: 31 July 2025
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Explore the technical, design and management areas of live events with four distinct pathways for you to choose from, including lighting design & technology, live sound, live visuals and event business.

Whether you have a passion for lighting a stage, mixing sound, providing visuals or running an events business, BA (Hons) Live Events Production allows you to focus on your chosen subject whilst developing an underpinning knowledge of all four pathways, developing you into a specialised yet well-rounded live events professional.

Why choose
this course?

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Become a Well Rounded Events Professional

The first year of the course gives you a strong grounding in a range of technical, creative and production management disciplines. In the second year, you will begin to specialise by choosing two pathways to focus on. In the final year of the course, one of these pathways will become your focus. 

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Industry-Leading Equipment

Throughout the programme, you'll use industry-leading specialist software, technology and equipment. You’ll get hands-on with software and hardware from manufacturers such as Grand MA, Avolites, Elation, ROE, d&b, Sennheiser, Allen & Heath, diGiCo, Sketchup, Vectorworks and WYSIWIG. Find out more about our Industry Partners.

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Practical Learning

Teaching is project-based and practical, supported by traditional lectures, seminars and individual tutorials. This includes masterclasses with world-leading experts and industry opportunities, giving you invaluable practical experience of working within event production. 

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Graduate Industry Ready

You’ll graduate with a highly prized skill set and huge potential for an exciting and lucrative career in entertainment technology - from live events, music and gaming, to film and TV. This degree will develop you into unrivalled professionals at the forefront of entertainment technology.

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Specialise your learning

In your second year, you will select two pathways to specialise and in your third year you will select one pathway to specialise. Your pathway options are:

How is learning assessed on Live Events Production?

Assessment is via a range of methods, from developing a portfolio of your work and skills to practical assessment and research projects.

Assessment is by portfolio, group practical, presentation and (where appropriate) a supporting piece of work relevant to the module. All assessments are based around you evidencing your skills and experience, reflecting upon how you are developing both professionally and personally and are a useful tool for you to set goals and targets. You will also be expected to research methods and practices that are not covered in the module, and to relate and compare these to your learning.

Other work relevant to the module might include a stage design and layout, a festival event plan or perhaps a lighting design and visualisation.

Term dates
Please see our 2025/26 academic year term dates for this undergraduate course.

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Career Opportunities 

Studying BA (Hons) Live Events Production can lead you to roles including:

  • Automation Operator 
  • AV Technician 
  • Sound Engineer 
  • Followspot Operator 
  • Lighting Designer / Operator  
  • Event Production Manager 
  • Logistics Coordinator 
  • Visuals Operator 
  • Production Assistant 
  • Technical Events Manager 
  • Warehouse Technician

Our Alumni

Our alumni have gone on to a wide range of roles in industry, from touring with large-scale live music and theatre shows, to working at major UK festivals, being part of large-scale sporting events, including opening ceremonies, to venue management, accreditation and experiences.

The biggest names in the industry frequently approach us with job opportunities and employment for our alumni. 

Alumni from BA (Hons) Live Events Production have gone on to become: 

  • Head of Integration at TAIT
  • Video Technical Manager at Adlib
  • Lighting Operator at Celebrity Cruises 
  • Virtual Production Operator at Warner Bros Studios
  • Production Coordinator at Glastonbury 
  • AV Technician at 4Wall 
  • F1 Junior Production Manager at Live Wire Productions
  • Project Manager at Creative Technology  
  • General Manager at Dynamite FX
  • Touring Personal Assistant to Coldplay 
  • Studio Manager at Production Park 
  • Stage Manager for Ed Sheeran’s world tour
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We don’t just teach you how live events are made – we immerse you in making them. From day one, you’ll work on real-world project briefs with industry-standard equipment, supported by tutors with years of professional experience. If you're serious about a career in live events, this is where theory meets practice.

Johnny Goodwin Course Leader

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Facilities

Our Production Park campus offers a range of learning spaces, including pre-visualisation studios, computer labs, classrooms, lecture theatres, and breakout spaces, giving you dedicated space to learn the theory before bringing it to life with hands-on, practical learning in our industry-standard dedicated teaching studios.

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Meet your lecturers

Johnny Goodwin, Course Leader

Johnny began his career in live events production in 1992 after completing his Physics doctorate at Manchester University. He has been a core member of creative teams making indoor and outdoor theatre, dance, opening ceremonies and large-scale spectacles, and specialises in work designed for a large audience.
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Steve Cutler, Course Lecturer

Steve's freelance experience as an audio professional spans 2 decades and includes monitor engineering for artists such as Kano and All Saints, Front of House engineering for bands and orchestras in venues across the UK and recording voiceover for the BBC.
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Academy of Live Technology Live Events Production Visuals & Lighting Assessment

Although my interest was predominantly in the management and coordination of events, when I found Live Events Production, I realised the value of having a solid grounding in the technical departments as well. This would help my decision-making and approach to potentially managing future events with technical elements.

Tesni KerensBA (Hons) Live Events Production Alumni
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